Re: [lq:general] [Fwd: [Consortium] Linux trademark]

Lu sur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mark_Institute :
 

The *Linux Mark Institute* (*LMI*) is an organization which administers the 
*Linux <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux>*
trademark<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark>on behalf of Linus
Torvalds <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds> for
software<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software>and computer products,
as well as for products used to promote Linux.

The *Linux* trademark (SN: 1916230) is owned by Linus Torvalds, registered 
for "Computer operating system software to facilitate computer use and 
operation." The assignment of the trademark to Torvalds occurred after an 
attorney, one William R. Della Croce, Jr, in
1996<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996>began sending letters to
various Linux distributors claiming to own the
*Linux* trademark and demanding royalties. The distributors rapidly pooled 
resources, appealed against the original trademark assignment and had it 
reassigned to Linus Torvalds.


On 6/29/05, Robin Millette <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hmmm, qu'est-ce que vous pensez de ça ?
> 
> Faudra-t-il débourser pour Linux-Québec, etc. ?
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Daniel James <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:33:33 +0100
> Subject: [Consortium] Linux trademark
> Hello all,
> 
> The Linux Mark Institute, now part of OSDL it seems, is attempting to
> charge organisations which use Linux in their name - even non-profits
> like linuxaudio.org <http://linuxaudio.org>:
> 
> http://www.linuxmark.org/forms/linux_licence_doc.html#Check1
> 
> I think we should resist this move on principle. It may only be US
> $200 per year at the moment for a non-profit, but I don't think it's
> really in the spirit of free software to go round mugging people for
> money like this. I thought the name Linux was trademarked to prevent
> it from abuse.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Daniel
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